Harpoon Company

The Harpoon Company is the 3rd company of the Myrotvorets Battalion of the Liut Brigade of the Special Tasks Patrol Police subordinated to Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

On 15 September 2014, the Harpoon Battalion was established as a volunteer Battalion composed of volunteers participants of the Revolution of Dignity, especially the activists of "Maidan Self-Defense", "Free People", "Plast", Youth Nationalist Congress and C14.

[1][2] In November 2014, the personnel of the battalion were deployed to the ATO zone and conducted successful combat operations in Kramatorsk, Svitlodarsk, Chasiv Yar, among other settlements.

[1] On 22 July 2015, two soldiera of the battalion (Mykola Mykolayovych Hordiychuk[3][4] and Biryukov Yevhen Andriyovych[5]) were blown up by a landmine near Avdiivka, received numerous wounds and died on way to Krasnoarmiisk hospital.

[1] Although the Battalion was designated for Reconnaissance and Counter-Reconnaissance operations[6] specializing in camouflage, survival in the wild, covert operations, operations behind the enemy lines amongst others[7] Following the battalion's reformation into a Company, its tasks were changed to service at checkpoints despite the promises to keep the company for its specific tasks.